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Joshua 4:1 (ERVEN) Easy to Read - English

1 After all the people had crossed the Jordan River, the Lord said to Joshua,
2 "Choose twelve men, one from each tribe.
3 Tell them to look in the river where the priests were standing and get twelve rocks from that place. Carry these rocks with you and put them where you stay tonight."
4 So Joshua chose one man from each tribe. Then he called the twelve men together.
5 He said to them, "Go out into the river where the Holy Box of the Lord your God is. Each of you must find one rock. There will be one rock for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. Carry that rock on your shoulder.
6 These rocks will be a sign for you. In the future, your children will ask you, 'What do these rocks mean?'
7 You will tell them that the Lord stopped the water from flowing in the Jordan River. When the Holy Box of the Lord's Agreement crossed the river, the water stopped flowing. These rocks will help the Israelites remember this forever."
8 So the Israelites obeyed Joshua. They carried twelve rocks from the middle of the Jordan River. There was one rock for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. They did this the way the Lord commanded Joshua. The men carried the rocks with them. Then they put the rocks at the place where they made their camp.
9 (Joshua also put twelve rocks in the middle of the Jordan River. He put them at the place where the priests had stood while carrying the Lord's Holy Box. These rocks are still there today.)
10 The Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people what to do. This is what Moses had said Joshua must do. So the priests carrying the Holy Box stood in the middle of the river until everything was done. Meanwhile, the people hurried across the river.
11 After the people finished crossing the river, the priests carried the Lord's Holy Box to the front of the people.
12 The men from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh obeyed Moses. These men crossed the river in front of the other people. These men were prepared for war. They were going to help the rest of the Israelites take the land God had promised to give them.
13 About 40,000 soldiers, prepared for war, passed before the Lord. They were marching toward the plains of Jericho.
14 That day the Lord made Joshua a great man to all the Israelites. They respected Joshua from that time on, just as they did Moses.
15 Then the Lord said to Joshua,
16 "Command the priests carrying the Box that holds the Agreement to come out of the river."
17 So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come out of the Jordan River."
18 The priests obeyed Joshua. They carried the Box with them and came out of the river. When their feet touched the land on the other side of the river, the water in the river began flowing again. The water again overflowed its banks just as it had before the people crossed.
19 The people crossed the Jordan River on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho.
20 They carried with them the twelve rocks that they had taken from the Jordan River, and Joshua set them up at Gilgal.
21 Then Joshua told the Israelites, "In the future your children will ask you, 'What do these rocks mean?'
22 Tell them, 'These rocks help us remember the way the people of Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry land.'
23 The Lord your God caused the water in the Jordan River to stop flowing so that you could cross it on dry land—just as the time the Lord stopped the water at the Red Sea so that we could cross it on dry land.
24 The Lord did this so that all the people in this country would know that he is very powerful. Then they will always be afraid of the Lord your God."
1 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , when H834 K-RPRO all H3605 CMS the people H1471 were clean H8552 VQQ3MP passed over H5674 Jordan H3383 D-EFS , that the LORD H3068 EDS spoke H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Joshua H3091 , saying H559 W-VQY3MS ,
2 Take H3947 you twelve H8147 men H376 NMS out of H4480 PREP the people H5971 , out of every tribe a man H376 NMS ,
3 And command H6680 ye them , saying H559 L-VQFC , Take H5375 you hence H2088 M-DPRO out of the midst H8432 of Jordan H3383 D-EFS , out of the place H4673 where the priests H3548 \' feet H7272 stood firm H3559 , twelve H8147 MFS stones H68 NFP , and ye shall carry them over H5674 with H5973 PREP-3MP you , and leave H5117 them in the lodging place H4411 , where H834 RPRO ye shall lodge H3885 this night H3915 .
4 Then Joshua H3091 called H7121 W-VQY3MS the twelve H8147 men H376 NMS , whom H834 RPRO he had prepared H3559 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , out of every tribe a man H376 NMS :
5 And Joshua H3091 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto them , Pass over H5674 before H6440 L-CMP the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 EDS your God H430 into H413 PREP the midst H8432 of Jordan H3383 D-EFS , and take ye up H7311 every man H376 NMS of you a H259 OFS stone H68 GFS upon H5921 PREP his shoulder H7926 , according unto the number H4557 of the tribes H7626 of the children H1121 CMP of Israel H3478 LMS :
6 That H4616 L-CONJ this H2063 DPRO may be H1961 VQY2MS a sign H226 NMS among H7130 you , that when H3588 CONJ your children H1121 ask H7592 their fathers in time to come H4279 NMS , saying H559 L-VQFC , What H4100 IGAT mean ye by these H428 D-DPRO-3MP stones H68 ?
7 Then ye shall answer H559 them , That H834 RPRO the waters H4325 of Jordan H3383 D-EFS were cut off H3772 before H6440 M-CMP the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 NFS of the LORD H3068 EDS ; when it passed over H5674 Jordan H3383 , the waters H4325 of Jordan H3383 D-EFS were cut off H3772 : and these H428 D-DPRO-3MP stones H68 shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS for a memorial H2146 unto the children H1121 L-CMP of Israel H3478 forever H5704 PREP .
8 And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 W-VQY3MP so H3651 ADV as H834 K-RPRO Joshua H3091 commanded H6680 VPQ3MS , and took up H5375 W-VQY3MP twelve H8147 stones H68 NFP out of the midst H8432 of Jordan H3383 D-EFS , as H834 K-RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS spoke H1696 VPQ3MS unto H413 PREP Joshua H3091 , according to the number H4557 of the tribes H7626 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and carried them over H5674 with H5973 PREP-3MP them unto H413 PREP the place where they lodged H4411 , and laid them down H5117 there H8033 ADV .
9 And Joshua H3091 set up H6965 twelve H8147 stones H68 NFP in the midst H8432 B-NMS of Jordan H3383 D-EFS , in the place H8478 NMS where the feet H7272 of the priests H3548 which bore H5375 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 D-NFS stood H4673 : and they are H1961 W-VQY3MP there H8033 ADV unto H5704 PREP this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 D-AMS .
10 For the priests H3548 which bore H5375 the ark H727 stood H5975 VQPMP in the midst H8432 B-NMS of Jordan H3383 D-EFS , until H5704 PREP every thing H3605 CMS was finished H8552 that H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS commanded H6680 VPQ3MS Joshua H3091 to speak H1696 unto H413 PREP the people H5971 , according to all H3605 K-NMS that H834 RPRO Moses H4872 commanded H6680 VPQ3MS Joshua H3091 : and the people H5971 hasted H4116 and passed over H5674 .
11 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , when H834 K-RPRO all H3605 NMS the people H5971 were clean H8552 passed over H5674 , that the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 EDS passed over H5674 W-VQY3MS , and the priests H3548 , in the presence H6440 L-CMP of the people H5971 D-NMS .
12 And the children H1121 W-CMP of Reuben H7205 , and the children H1121 W-CMP of Gad H1410 , and half H2677 the tribe H7626 CMS of Manasseh H4519 , passed over H5674 armed H2571 before H6440 L-CMP the children H1121 W-CMP of Israel H3478 , as H834 K-RPRO Moses H4872 spoke H1696 VPQ3MS unto H413 PREP-3MP them :
13 About forty H705 thousand H505 W-BMS prepared H2502 for war H6635 passed over H5674 VQQ3MP before H6440 L-CMP the LORD H3068 EDS unto battle H4421 , to H413 PREP the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405 .
14 On that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS day H3117 B-AMS the LORD H3068 EDS magnified H1431 Joshua H3091 in the sight H5869 B-CMP of all H3605 NMS Israel H3478 ; and they feared H3372 him , as H834 K-RPRO they feared H3372 Moses H4872 , all H3605 NMS the days H3117 CMP of his life H2416 .
15 And the LORD H3068 EDS spoke H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Joshua H3091 , saying H559 W-VQY3MS ,
16 Command H6680 the priests H3548 that bear H5375 the ark H727 of the testimony H5715 , that they come up H5927 out of H4480 PREP Jordan H3383 .
17 Joshua H3091 therefore commanded H6680 W-VPY3MS the priests H3548 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Come ye up H5927 out of H4480 PREP Jordan H3383 .
18 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , when the priests H3548 that bore H5375 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 NFS of the LORD H3068 EDS were come up H5927 out of the midst H8432 of Jordan H3383 D-EFS , and the soles H3709 of the priests H3548 \' feet H7272 were lifted up H5423 VNQ3MP unto H413 PREP the dry land H2724 , that the waters H4325 of Jordan H3383 D-EFS returned H7725 W-VUY3MP unto their place H4725 , and flowed H1980 W-VQY3MP over H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS his banks H1415 , as H8543 they did before H8032 .
19 And the people H5971 came up H5927 out of H4480 PREP Jordan H3383 D-EFS on the tenth H6218 day of the first H7223 month H2320 LD-NMS , and encamped H2583 in Gilgal H1537 , in the east H4217 border H7097 of Jericho H3405 .
20 And those H428 D-DPRO-3MP twelve H8147 MFS stones H68 , which H834 RPRO they took H3947 out of H4480 PREP Jordan H3383 D-EFS , did Joshua H3091 pitch H6965 in Gilgal H1537 .
21 And he spoke H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , saying H559 W-VQY3MS , When H834 RPRO your children H1121 shall ask H7592 their fathers H1 CMP-3MP in time to come H4279 NMS , saying H559 W-VQY3MS , What H4100 IGAT mean these H428 stones H68 ?
22 Then ye shall let your children H1121 know H3045 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Israel H3478 came over H5674 VQQ3MS this H2088 D-PMS Jordan H3383 D-EFS on dry land H3004 .
23 For H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS your God H430 dried up H3001 the waters H4325 of Jordan H3383 D-EFS from before H6440 you , until H5704 PREP ye were passed over H5674 , as H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS your God H430 did H6213 VQQ3MS to the Red H5488 NMS sea H3220 , which H834 RPRO he dried up H3001 from before H6440 us , until H5704 PREP we were gone over H5674 :
24 That H4616 L-CONJ all H3605 NMS the people H5971 of the earth H776 D-GFS might know H3045 the hand H3027 CFS of the LORD H3068 EDS , that H3588 CONJ it H1931 PPRO-3FS is mighty H2389 : that H4616 L-CONJ ye might fear H3372 the LORD H3068 EDS your God H430 forever H3117 D-NMP .
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